By Jim Pickard, Chief Political Correspondent Meetings between lobbying firms and ministers’ special advisers will have to be disclosed after a Lib Dem uprising in the House of Lords on Monday afternoon. The coalition has been widely criticised for significant Read more
By Kaye Nicolson and Alistair Whitfield MORAY campaigners have hit out after it emerged that hundreds of wind turbine blades may have to be buried in the future. An official report has warned that rotor blades on the structures could Read more
Campaigners and local MP say business rates for drilling operations will undermine trust in local government decisions http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/fracking-shale-gas-incentives-councils
In a statement, Sinovel said it received a notification of investigation from CSRC on Sunday 12 January. It said: “[The company] is willing to cooperate with CSRC during the investigation, and therefore suspend its listing and floating of shares.” http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1226815/sinovel-investigated-second-time-eight-months
Dundee University is to launch a new marine testing centre for renewable energy projects as it looks to provide an extra boost to development in Scotland. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/dundee-university-launch-new-2m-marine-renewable-energy-facility/
PLANS for a five-turbine windfarm at Woodlands Farm near Dingwall have been submitted with Highland Council planners. http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/Ross-wind-farm-plans-lodged-as-showcase-staged-to-explain-scheme-13012014.htm
Voters could be forgiven for being puzzled about what the Prime Minister’s real position is on climate change and renewable energy. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100254049/green-energy-despite-talks-of-a-coalition-bust-up-wind-farm-subsidies-are-here-to-stay/
So now we know yet another reason why the BBC is so biased in its reporting on climate change: because in 2006 the Labour government effectively paid it to be so. It was a £67,000 grant from the Department for Read more